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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2014 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 15 When written about, these past few months of the calendar year are often described as the “lazy, hazy days of summer.” This descrip- tion of a peaceful and restful time does not accu- rately portray the UNWLA’s activities during this summer nor does it portray the events in Ukraine which often drive our focus. I would like to personally welcome our newly elected and re-elected members of the Na- tional Board. Our newcomers have quickly rolled up their sleeves and are taking on their new re- sponsibilities with the mentoring of the retiring officers. I thank everyone for their cooperation. We have much to accomplish in the coming three years! After the very busy and uplifting Conven- tion, our work in support of Ukraine continues. Newly elected Vice President for Public Relations, Roksolana Misilo, has authored the following since the Convention: during the month of June —congratulatory letter to President Petro Poroshenko; a rebuttal to Newsweek article “Putin’s Ukraine Push Causes Big Fight In Little Odessa” by Daniel Genis; and correspondence with Branch 118 in Houston, Texas, and Museum President Renata Holod regard- ing misinformation about the Archipenko exhibit at the Hou- ston Museum of Fine Arts; in July— a letter demanding the immediate release of Lieutenant Nadiya Savchenko to the Rus- sian Ambassador to the United Nations and the Russian Am- bassador in Washington, D.C.; letters of condolence on the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 to the Malaysian Embassy in Wash- ington as well as to its UN Am- bassador and to the Embassy, UN Mission and Consulate of the Netherlands; an e-mail ac- tion item to all UNWLA Re- gional Councils to contact the White House and support Major non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status for Ukraine; in August —a letter regarding the imprisonment of Lt Nadiya Savchenko was sent to Hillary Clinton. The UNWLA continues to keep abreast of the current situation in Ukraine and reacts either independently or at the request of the Ukrainian World Congress, the World Federa- tion of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations, or the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Concurrently, our Social Welfare commit- tee has been very active, receiving many direct requests for aid from Ukraine. Our former Social Welfare Chair, Iryna Rudyk, is presently residing in Ukraine and has met in L’viv with representa- tives of the Ukrainian Women’s League of Ukraine to discuss the optimum methods to effi- ciently help the wounded and their families. We have had a bit of reshuffle in duties in social wel- fare: Honorary UNWLA Member and former Vice President for Public Relations Lidia Bilous has agreed to chair the committee and Ivanka Oles- nycky continues to volunteer within the commit- tee. Ms. Olesnycky is working with Dr. Gennadiy Fuzaylov to continue developing the Burn Preven- tion Campaign project while Ms. Bilous is build- ing her volunteer base to strengthen our work here in the United States and to improve the sys- tem of delivery of aid to Ukraine. In the mean- time, Dr. Fuzaylov is treating six children from Ukraine at Shriners in Boston. (Please see the ar- ticle about the treatment of Ihor Lakatosh on p. 16.) Simultaneously, all efforts are being made to establish a working committee in Boston to help Dr. Fuzaylov with the patients and their families during their stay at Shriners. (To date, this has been a very challenging effort.) During the week of July 7th, I attended the annual meet- ing of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organiza- tions in Paris, France. Thirty-five delegates and guests represent- ing eight countries (France, Eng- land, Italy, Germany, Great Brit- ain, Sweden, Canada, and the United States) attended the meeting at the invitation of the Ukrainian Women’s League of France. Invited guests from Ukraine in attendance were Oreslava Khomyk, newly elected ______________________ President of the Ukrainian Women’s League of Ukraine Oreslava Khomyk and UNWLA President Marianna Zajac (Senlis, Abbey of St. Vincent).
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